lower cascades park

The Bloomington City Council has rejected an ordinance to establish a local historic designation for Lower Cascades Park.

The Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission says the city council should approve a local historic designation for Lower Cascades Park.

The city's Historic Preservation Commission could decide whether to recommend a local designation at a December meeting.

The city's Historic Preservation Commission could proceed with a nomination in November.

Join us this Friday as we will talk with guests about the proposal. 

A controversial road project in Bloomington is back on the table. Schools can now use state money to provide teachers with firearms training. Plus Hoosiers owe tens of millions of dollars to utility companies.

The council meeting came four days after a rally organized by residents who oppose Hamilton’s plan.

Old State Road 37, which runs through Lower Cascades, is how many residents say they get to the park and navigate through town during major sporting events.

Mayor John Hamilton wants to convert a 0.6-mile stretch of Old State Road 37 to a biker-pedestrian trail, but some members of the public say that would restrict public access to Lower Cascades.

Mayor John Hamilton wants city council to consider closing a stretch of Old State Road 37 to cars between Clubhouse Drive and North College Avenue, but residents oppose the idea.